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SEVERAL TECHNIQUES WHICH HAVE BEEN USED BY ACL TO MEASURE RESPONSE OF BOTH FILAMENT-WOUND AND BRAIDED GLASS, KEVLAR AND GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITE TUBES WILL BE EMPLOYED IN THE INSTRUMENTATION OF A VARIETY OF FILAMENT-WOUND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. THESE STRUCTURES WILL BE CHOSEN BY ACL AFTER TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS WITH MICOM PERSONNEL, AND MAY INCLUDE GOVERNMENT FURNISHED STRUCTURES OF PARTICULAR INTER ...

A MACHINE TO EVALUATE THE FRICTION AND WEAR PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS AT TEMPERATURES UP TO 1000 DEG C IS PROPOSED. BOTH LUBRICATED AND UNLUBRICATED TESTING WITH LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS WILL BE POSSIBLE USING A PIN-ON-DISC GEOMETRY. COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE TEST ATMOSPHERE AND MANUAL OR COMPUTER-CONTROL OF ALL VARIABLES WILL BE POSSIBLE DATA ACQUISITION AND STORAGE WILL BE PERFORMED BY COMPUTER. THE TRI ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN ON-LINE MONITOR OF OIL CONDITION WHICH WOULD DETECT THE PRESENCE AND NATURE OF DEBRIS PARTICLES IN LUBRICATING OIL SYSTEMS. THIS WOULD PROVIDE A MORE TIMELY AND LESS LABOR INTENSIVE METHOD OF OIL CONDITION MONITORING THAN PRESENT METHODS THAT INVOLVE OFF-LINE ANALYSIS. THE PROPOSED APPROACH WOULD CONSIST OF MEASURING THE FO ...

THE ABILITY TO INFER CLOUD TOP ELEVATIONS AND CLOUD MOTION FROM SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS IS CRUCIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING SYSTEMS. THE IMPROVED ACCURACY AND SENSITIVITY OF THE NEW GENERATION OF GOES-NEXT SATELLITES WILL ENABLE ROUTINE THREEDIMENSIONAL CLOUD COVER ANALYSIS OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. AS A RESULT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING TH ...

PRESENT INFRARED DECOYS FOR PROTECTION OF NAVY SHIPS ARE RELIABLE, HIGH INTENSITY COMBUSTION SOURCES. HOWEVER, THEIR EMISSION SPECTRA HAVE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH ALLOW THEM TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE SHIPS THEY ARE INTENDED TO PROTECT. IT IS DESIRABLE TO DEVELOP MODIFIED FUELS WHOSE COMBUSTION WOULD PRODUCE INFRARED SIGNATURES WITH THE APPROPRIATE SPECTRAL PROPERTIES. THIS GOAL REQUIRES A DETAILE ...

A TWO ELEMENT APPROACH TO MAKING IN-SITU IR OPTICAL PROPERTY MEASURMENTS ON AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS IS PROPOSED. THE FIRST ELEMENT IS A PORTABLE, FIELD USABLE SYSTEM TO MEASURE BRDF BASED ON A NOVEL SPECTROMETER DESIGN WITH NO MOVING PARTS AND HIGH OPTICAL THROUGHPUT. THIS MEASURES THE COMPONENT SURFACES IN-SITU WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF. THE SECOND ELEMENT IS AN IMAGING SPECTROMETE ...

THE OPTICAL SIGNATURE OF A REENTRY VEHICLE CAN BE AN IMPORTANT DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION AND/OR TRACKING DIAGNOSTIC FOR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE AND/OR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PURPOSES. BELOW APPROXIMATELY 100 KM THE EMISSION AND/OR SOLAR SCATTERED SIGNATURES FROM EXHAUST PLUMES ASSOCIATED WITH ATTITUDE CONTROL JETS AND MANEUVERING ROCKETS CAN BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE'S OVERALL OPT ...